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Prof. Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe, Professor of Economics at Columbia University. Jul 18, 2021

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The Neo-Fisher Effect: Econometric Evidence from Empirical and Optimizing Models, Multiple equilibria in open economies with collateral constraints, and, Does the Commodity Super Cycle Matter?

Prof. Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe is professor of Economics at Columbia University. She is also a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Prof. Mariassunta Giannetti, Professor of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics. Jul 16, 2021

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Does Money Talk? Market Discipline through Selloffs and Boycotts, Adapting to Radical Change: The Benefits of Short-Horizon Investors, Public Attention to Gender Equality and Board Gender Diversity, Forced Asset Sales and the Concentration of Outstanding Debt: Evidence from the Mortgage Market, and Is There a Zero Lower Bound? The Effects of Negative Policy Rates on Banks and Firms

Prof. Mariassunta Giannetti is Professor of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics. She is a research fellow at CEPR and the European Academic Director of the Financial Management Association (FMA)

Prof. Kala Krishna, Professor of Economics and Liberal Arts Research at Penn State University Jul 14, 2021

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Better luck next time: Learning through retaking, Retaking in high stakes exams: Is less more?, Taking PISA seriously: How accurate are low stakes exams?, and Does class size matter? How, and at what cost?

Prof. Kala Krishna is Professor of Economics and Liberal Arts Research at Penn State University. Her research interests span international trade and development.

Prof. Sara Seager, Professor of Planetary Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jul 12, 2021

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The First Habitable-zone Earth-sized Planet from TESS, A giant planet candidate transiting a white dwarf, The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) Mission Concept, and The Venusian Lower Atmosphere Haze as a Depot for Desiccated Microbial Life: A Proposed Life Cycle for Persistence of the Venusian Aerial Biosphere.

Prof. Sara Seager is Professor of Planetary Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on exoplanet atmospheres, and signs of extra-terrestrial life by way of atmospheric biosignature gases.

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Prof. Jonathan Fortney, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz Jul 10, 2021

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Characterizing Earth Analogs in Reflected Light: Atmospheric Retrieval Studies for Future Space Telescopes, Do Metal-rich Stars Make Metal-rich Planets? New Insights on Giant Planet Formation from Host Star Abundances, and Hot Jupiters: Origins, Structure, Atmospheres

Prof. Jonathan Fortney is professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is interested in characterizing planets to better understand their composition and how they evolve with time.

Prof. Animashree Anandkumar, Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Caltech Jul 08, 2021

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Large-scale machine learning, non-convex optimization and high-dimensional statistics. In particular, she has been spearheading the development and analysis of tensor algorithms for machine learning.

Prof. Animashree Anandkumar is Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Caltech.

Prof. Lesley Rogers, Emeritus Professor at the University of New England, Australia Jul 06, 2021

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Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Survival with an asymmetrical brain: Advantages and disadvantages of cerebral lateralization, Development and function of lateralization in the avian brain, A right antenna for social behavior in honeybees, and A function for the bicameral mind

Prof. Lesley Rogers is emeritus professor at the University of New England in Australia. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and has made significant contributions to the understanding of brain development and behavior, especially the lateralization of the brain in non-human animals.

Dr. Ian Williams, Biochemist and Artist with Prof. Carol Gould, Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. Jul 04, 2021

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What's Art?

Prof. Carol Gould is a Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, where she teaches primarily Aesthetics, Philosophy of Psychiatry, and Ancient Greek Philosophy, areas in which she publishes widely.

Dr. Ian Williams wis a biochemist at the Universities of Bristol and Oxford and received an MFA from Bennington College in Vermont. He worked for Pfizer for twenty years heading the Molecular Sciences Department and serving in the Research strategy group.

Prof. Patricia Churchland, Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego Jul 02, 2021

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How does the brain work?

Prof. Patricia Churchland is Professor Emirita at the University of California, San Diego. Her research interests span many areas including morality, neuroscience and artificial intelligence.

Prof. Peter Singer, Professor of BioEthics at Princeton University Jun 30, 2021

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Animal Liberation, Morality, Race, Religion, the Journal of Controversial Ideas and the Golden Ass.

Prof. Peter Singer who is Professor of BioEthics at Princeton University. He works mostly in practical ethics, and is best known for Animal Liberation and for his writings about global poverty.

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